Dorypetalum

Dorypetalum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Callipodida
Family:	Dorypetalidae
Subfamily:	Dorypetalinae ; Verhoeff, 1909
Genus:	Dorypetalum ; Verhoeff, 1900

Last updated August 05, 2025

Dorypetalum is a genus of millipedes in the family Dorypetalidae. The seven species of Dorypetalum are found throughout the Balkan peninsula, the Carpathian mountains and Asia Minor.^[1]

Species

There are currently seven described species in the genus:^[2]^[1]

Dorypetalum bosniense (Verhoeff, 1897)
Dorypetalum bosporanum Hoffman & Lohmander, 1964
Dorypetalum bulgaricum Strasser, 1966
Dorypetalum degenerans (Latzel, 1884)
Dorypetalum helenae Stoev & Enghoff, 2006
Dorypetalum marmaratum Hoffman & Lohmander, 1964
Dorypetalum trispiculigerum Verhoeff, 1900

References

1 2 STOEV, PAVEL; ENGHOFF, HENRIK (2003-08-22). "Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of genus Balkanopetalum Verhoeff, 1926 (Diplopoda: Callipodida: Schizopetalidae)" . Zootaxa. 272 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.272.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
↑ Chitty, John R. (2006-03-31). "Myriapods (Centipedes and Millipedes)". Invertebrate Medicine. pp. 195–203. doi:10.1002/9780470344606.ch13. ISBN 9780813818443.

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[:0-1] 1 2 STOEV, PAVEL; ENGHOFF, HENRIK (2003-08-22). "Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of genus Balkanopetalum Verhoeff, 1926 (Diplopoda: Callipodida: Schizopetalidae)" . Zootaxa. 272 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.272.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.

[2] Chitty, John R. (2006-03-31). "Myriapods (Centipedes and Millipedes)". Invertebrate Medicine. pp. 195–203. doi:10.1002/9780470344606.ch13. ISBN 9780813818443.

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